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John Collier


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
May 03, 1901

Died
April 06, 1980

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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy


John Collier was a British-born author and screenplay writer best known for his short stories, many of which appeared in The New Yorker from the 1930s to the 1950s. They were collected in a 1951 volume, Fancies and Goodnights, which is still in print. Individual stories are frequently anthologized in fantasy collections. John Collier's writing has been praised by authors such as Anthony Burgess, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman and Paul Theroux. He was married to early silent film actress Shirley Palmer. ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 12,795 ratings · 1,230 reviews · 352 distinct works • Similar authors
Fancies and Goodnights
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4.04 avg rating — 979 ratings — published 1951 — 48 editions
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The Chaser
3.57 avg rating — 244 ratings — 2 editions
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His Monkey Wife
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3.50 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 1930 — 29 editions
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Evening Primrose
3.66 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2009
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Fancies and Goodnights Vol 1
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Back for Christmas
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The Best of John Collier
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Thus I Refute Beelzy
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The John Collier Reader
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4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions
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A Manual of Oil Painting
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“I sometimes marvel that a third-rate writer like me has been able to palm himself off as a second-rate writer.”
― John Collier
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“Poets can dodge. ("Evening Primrose")”
― John Collier, Fancies and Goodnights
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“Could we make it our own, there would be an eternally inexhaustible earth and a forever lasting peace.”
― John Collier
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